Sentences with phrase «hydroelectric power generation in»

About... The city where Harry Houdini grew up is also known as the birthplace of hydroelectric power generation in the United States.

«A balanced use of CRAs should focus on improving functional and ecological attributes of forested landscapes, e.g., habitat integrity (and thus biodiversity), carbon stocks, and water balance regulation, crucial for maintaining hydroelectric power generation in Brazil.»

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In 2016 hydroelectric power accounted for 39.9 percent of South Dakota's net electricity generation, allowing residents to enjoy electricity prices significantly lower than the national average.

The Nordic region relies on hydroelectric power for more than 50 percent of its power generation, and change in precipitation is an important factor in setting prices.

The project which is estimated to cost $ 100 billion, and if completed would be the world's largest hydroelectric plant is more than twice the power generation of the Three Gorges Dam in China.

Its finances collapsed in 2008, when the district lost more than 80 percent of its revenue after power companies that use the reservoirs for hydroelectric generation successfully sued to halt fees.

Questioned about the environmental impacts of building large hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon, she said Brazil can not relinquish hydropower yet — «It would be like giving up fracking in the U.S.» — but she hopes solar and wind power generation will take its place overtime.

When the government of Ethiopia finishes building the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in 2017 or 2018, it will not only have built the largest hydroelectric power - generation plant in Africa, but also stirred up tensions among African nations, and indelibly altered a river that itself has guided millennia of human history in the region.

«Ultimately the things that will generate electricity in the developing world and here will be the same,» Rucker said, highlighting the next generation of nuclear power plants and hydroelectric dams as particularly applicable in parts of Africa.

In fact, the drought in the U.S. southeast this past year threatened to close nuclear plants in North Carolina and literally cut Georgia's hydroelectric power generation by halIn fact, the drought in the U.S. southeast this past year threatened to close nuclear plants in North Carolina and literally cut Georgia's hydroelectric power generation by halin the U.S. southeast this past year threatened to close nuclear plants in North Carolina and literally cut Georgia's hydroelectric power generation by halin North Carolina and literally cut Georgia's hydroelectric power generation by half.

While renewables made up a small fraction of the country's total electricity generation, China was the world's leading producer of hydroelectric power in 2010, and the second - largest producer of electricity from wind power.

Examples of possible applications / users include: warnings of the likelihood of severe high impact weather (droughts, flooding, tropical and extratropical cyclones etc.) to help protect life and property; humanitarian planning and response to disasters; agriculture and disease planning / control (e.g., malaria and meningitis), particularly in developing countries; river - flow and river - discharge for flood prediction, hydroelectric power generation and reservoir management; landslides; coastal inundation; transport; power generation; insurance.

In addition to the loss of generation by SONGS, in - state hydroelectric power generation was lower through July of this yeaIn addition to the loss of generation by SONGS, in - state hydroelectric power generation was lower through July of this yeain - state hydroelectric power generation was lower through July of this year.

I played significant roles in the development of hydroelectric, geothermal and solar power generation plants.

, wind farms covering 6 percent of the entire land surface of the 48 contiguous states, an outrageous and unrealistic increase in ecologically harmful hydroelectric power, and a build out of electricity generation capacity that hurtles along at 14 times the average rate of capacity expansion in the past half - century.

Qi Ye points out the lead China has in producing renewable energy and nuclear power, as well as hydroelectric power generation from enormous dams.

As of October 2014, Mongolia's total installed capacity for power generation from all sources stood at 1.09 GW, 90 % of it in CHP (combined heat and power) coal - fired plants, with 2 % in hydroelectric, 2 % in diesel, and 6 % in non-hydro renewables, mostly wind.

The decline in hydroelectric power generation may additionally reinforce competition and conflicts over fossil energy sources.

However, because hydroelectric dams have an impact on land and water environments, and because dams can only be efficiently located in a limited number of places, some newer laws have been designed to encourage electricity generation from other renewable sources, such as wind, tides, geothermal energy, solar energy (photovoltaic cells, concentrated solar power, and solar thermal energy), landfill gas, etc..

Heavily reliant on oil imports and with an annual energy deficit of 3,478 GWh as of 2009, electricity in Lebanon is for the most part generated by hydroelectric and thermal generation at present and in addition, there are power reliability issues «such as load shedding, technical losses, and the aging of power plants», which again the addition of dispatchable renewable energy facilities is intended to counteract.

The most water - efficient energy sources are natural gas (though we may be just about out of it) and synthetic fuels produced by coal gasification; the least efficient are ethanol and biodiesel — the biofuels just can't catch a break these days, can they?Water use winners and losers The research pair analyzed 11 types of energy sources, including coal, fuel ethanol, natural gas, and oil; and five power generating methods, including hydroelectric, fossil fuel thermoelectric, and nuclear methods; in terms of power generation, Younos and Hill have found that geothermal and hydroelectric energy types use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.

In terms of power generation, they found that geothermal and hydroelectric energy use the least amount of water, while nuclear plants use the most.

Southern Company is the largest US player in carbon sequestration, is behind the 2nd largest solar power generation plant in the US (and several lesser ones), is the only company currently building new nuclear power plants in the US, has the US's largest biomass power generation plant, is only the 7th largest hydroelectric power generator in the US but is trying to expand, and is invested heavily in wind power research.

Acted for Alcoa Power Generation before the Fourth Circuit in a property dispute with the State of North Carolina, successfully arguing that Alcoa held title to a 45 - mile segment of riverbed underlying a hydroelectric power proPower Generation before the Fourth Circuit in a property dispute with the State of North Carolina, successfully arguing that Alcoa held title to a 45 - mile segment of riverbed underlying a hydroelectric power propower project.